Dover Athletic Football Club are delighted to announce the signing of Mitch Brundle as player/assistant to manager Andy Hessenthaler.

The 27-year-old midfielder returns to Crabble after leaving for Dagenham & Redbridge in the summer of 2019.

During his first spell with us, Mitch made 99 appearances and scored 13 goals across all competitions for the club after arriving from Gateshead in May 2017.

Mitch also captained the team and was named Supporters’ Player of the Season and Away Supporters’ Player of the Season at the end of the 2018/19 season.

Since leaving the Daggers, Mitch has played for Barnet and Farnborough.

Please join us in giving Mitch a warm welcome back to Crabble!

If you would like to sponsor Mitch’s home or away playing shirts for the 2022/23 season then please email [email protected] for details.

Dover Athletic Football Club has a unique sponsorship opportunity available ahead of the 2022/23 season.

We are on the lookout for a new official shirt sleeve sponsor for our home and away shirts.

Be Wise Gas & Plumbing Services sponsored the sleeve, which is the left one, for us last season and we thank Director and huge Dover Athletic fan, Jamie Parsons, for that support.

Jamie is continuing to back the club with a pitchside advertising board and we appreciate that and all our other sponsors and advertisers.

It means the sleeve is now up for grabs along with the opportunity to display your company name and logo to improve your brand awareness.

The benefits of getting your company involved are:

• Brand presence on the shirts which will be visible online, in the media, and to people in the local community
• Potential TV coverage across the BBC and BT Sport
• Brand presence on YouTube via video highlights and social media coverage
• Logo in our matchday programme

If you are interested in finding out more about this opportunity, please email Chairman Jim Parmenter at [email protected]

By Ryan Hanson

Now that the news of my joining Torquay United has been announced, I wanted to take the time to send a message of thanks to all at the Club and all of the Dover Athletic fans for their support of me and the team throughout last season.

It has been a privilege playing for my hometown club and one that I grew up supporting from the River End.

To go on and be given the honour of captaining the team at such a young age was an amazing experience and one that I am very proud of.

I would like to thank the Gaffer for giving me the opportunity and helping me to develop over the last year and I would also especially like to thank kit manager Richard Harvey for looking after me so well both on and off the pitch.

Whilst the opportunity of playing for a club like Torquay is one that I am excited about, I will always remember my time at Dover, and the buzz I got from the fans singing my name and clapping us off at the end of each game even though results didn’t go our way.

Dover Athletic and its fans are special and I will always look at Dover’s results hoping that better times will soon be back to Crabble.

Thanks for everything and look forward to seeing you in and around Dover when I am back.

Dover Athletic can today confirm that midfielder Ryan Hanson has joined National League side Torquay United for an undisclosed fee, subject to FA approval.

The 21-year-old leaves Crabble after making 33 National League appearances, scoring twice, for his hometown club over the past two seasons.

He made the first seven of those appearances while on loan from Hull City in the 2020/21 season before making the move a permanent one last July.

The former Dover Boys Grammar School student also captained manager Andy Hessenthaler’s team last season after Sam Wood left the club in February.

Everyone at Dover Athletic would like to thank Ryan for everything he did during his time with the Club over the past two seasons and we all wish him all the very best for the future.

Dover Athletic are delighted to reveal our new Kappa home and away kits for the 2022 / 2023 season.

Our home kit keeps with our traditional and iconic white shirts with black shorts and socks, whilst we will be wearing all navy blue for our away games.

A huge thank you to Megger, the GSH Group, and Pulse Environmental Ltd  – our front and back of shirt sponsors.

Italian sportswear giants Kappa will supply training, playing, and travel wear for Andy Hessenthaler’s first team and staff as well as the Academy.

Elite stockist, Speed One Sports, will carry out fulfillment on behalf of Kappa, providing a dedicated service to the club to ensure a smooth and seamless process.

We shall release over the course of the next few days the full details on the different sizes available, pricing, and how you can place your pre-orders and be the first in line to get our new kit when they go on sale next month

In addition to our new home and away kits, this season we will also have new replica training and leisure wear available.

Detailed images of the kit and training gear will continue to be released.